I see that people don’t seem to like the policy very much (or maybe think it wasn’t handled consistently before). If anyone who downvoted sees this, would you mind explaining what you didn’t like? Do you think we should simply prohibit all job posts, or make sure they never show up on the front page?
I didn’t downvote, but I could imagine someone thinking Halstead had been ‘tricked’ - forced into compliance with a rule that was then revoked without notifying him. If he had been notified he might have wanted to post his own job adverts in the last few years.
Personally I share your intuitions that the occasional interesting job offer is good, but I don’t know how this public goods problem could be solved. No job ads might be the best solution, for all that I enjoyed this one.
I see that people don’t seem to like the policy very much (or maybe think it wasn’t handled consistently before). If anyone who downvoted sees this, would you mind explaining what you didn’t like? Do you think we should simply prohibit all job posts, or make sure they never show up on the front page?
I didn’t downvote, but I could imagine someone thinking Halstead had been ‘tricked’ - forced into compliance with a rule that was then revoked without notifying him. If he had been notified he might have wanted to post his own job adverts in the last few years.
Personally I share your intuitions that the occasional interesting job offer is good, but I don’t know how this public goods problem could be solved. No job ads might be the best solution, for all that I enjoyed this one.